Sandbanks Ferry has run daily between Sandbanks and Studland since 1926. The Sandbanks ferry operates daily traffic across the mouth of Poole Harbour and making journey time shorter to places like Corfe Castle and Swanage from Poole by taking the direct route.

The first ferry of the day leaves from the Sandbanks side at 07:00hrs and the last ferry runs at 23:10hrs from the Studland side. The ferry runs a continual service through the day, with a service running every 20 minutes from each embarkation point. .